Cornish Archaeol 36

Reports that the stone-walled enclosure is virtually undamaged and that it contains profuse structural and cultural remains of Early and Middle Neolithic activity. Various finds were recovered, including examples of pottery and worked flints. Samples of charcoal provided six radiocarbon dates ranging between 3970--3370 and 2920--2700 cal BC. Comparison is made with the similar site of Carn Brea, Redruth, Cornwall. Includes reports on:

Reports a small-scale recording and sampling programme which attempts to assess the palaeoenvironmental potential of several coastal sites around the Isles. These sites range from the Mesolithic to the post medieval periods, although they are mostly prehistoric. Presents new evidence for prehistoric crops and arable weeds. Suggests that intertidal peats can be used to establish sea level index points for Scilly.

Proposes the hypothesis that courtyard houses were large buildings having one main roof, as opposed to being individually roofed and surrounding a central open courtyard as is more generally accepted. Suggests the term `West Cornwall galleried houses' should be used to refer to the single-roofed interpretation of the stuctures.

Considers the navigational requirements and difficulties posed by Channel ports in Cornwall and North-West Europe for cross-Channel trade during the period from the Late Bronze Age to the early medieval.

Describes excavation results from work on parts of the floor in a standing seventeenth-century or earlier farmhouse at Stonaford, North Hill. Discusses the architectural importance of the building, which proved to have once been a longhouse.

Reports two recently discovered elements of the Leskernick landscape, a `quoit' and a long mound.

Catalogues the artefacts of Cornish provenance held in the museums of Birmingham and Warwickshire. The artefacts are all prehistoric and arranged alphabetically by site.